Surgent's Microsoft 365: Exploring Useful Excel Functions - Download

Course Details

Date

Self-Study

Location

Online

Field of Study

Technology

CPE Credit

6 hours CPE credit

Level of Knowledge

Intermediate

Vendor

Surgent McCoy CPE, LLC

Prerequisites

Experience working with Microsoft 365: Excel in the Windows operating system environment

Description

This course is a one-lesson intermediate level course that guides you through using the Quick Analysis feature to quickly insert row and column totals and creating formulas using Financial, Date & Time, Math & Trig, Statistical, Lookup & Reference, Database, Text, and Logical functions. The functions covered in this course are the:
• IRR, NPV, FV, PV, PMT, SLN, SYD, and DB Financial functions;
• NOW, TODAY, DATE, MONTH, DAY, YEAR, TIME, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND, WEEKDAY, and NETWORKDAYS Date & Time functions;
• SUM, RAND, SQRT, and ROUND Math & Trig functions;
• AVERAGE, MAX, MIN, COUNT, MEDIAN, MODE.SNGL, and LARGE Statistical functions;
• VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, and FORMULATEXT Lookup & Reference functions;
• DSUM, DCOUNT, DAVERAGE, DMIN, and DMAX Database functions;
• PROPER, SUBSTITUTE, and LOWER Text functions; and
• IF, AND, and IFNA Logical functions.

Highlights

  • Multiple ways to create a formula using one or more functions
  • Financial functions to calculate the internal rate of return, net present value, future value, present value, payment and depreciation
  • Date & Time functions to insert date and time components
  • Math & Trig functions to calculate the sum of a range of numbers; find a random number and the positive square root of a number; and round calculations to a specific number of places
  • Statistical functions to find the average, maximum, minimum, count, median and mode of a range of numbers plus the top five numbers
  • Lookup & Reference functions to find specific data and document worksheet formulas
  • Specific criteria and Database functions to calculate the sum, average, maximum value, minimum value and number of cells containing numbers in a database field
  • Text functions to improve worksheet appearance
  • Logical functions to perform calculations based on one or more tests

Objectives

  • Identify multiple ways to create a formula using one or more functions
  • Select Financial functions to calculate the internal rate of return, net present value, future value, present value, payment and depreciation
  • Select Date & Time functions to insert date and time components
  • Select Math & Trig functions to calculate the sum of a range of numbers; find a random number and the positive square root of a number; and round calculations to a specific number of places
  • Select Statistical functions to find the average, maximum, minimum, count, median and mode of a range of numbers plus the top five numbers
  • Select Lookup & Reference functions to find specific data and document worksheet formulas
  • Select specific criteria and Database functions to calculate the sum, average, maximum value, minimum value and number of cells containing numbers in a database field
  • Select Text functions to improve worksheet appearance
  • Select Logical functions to perform calculations based on one or more tests

Designed For

Users experienced with using Microsoft 365: Excel in the Windows operating system environment, or experienced Excel users switching from earlier versions of Excel.

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